Cheering Past Challenges

Grab your cup of coffee and get ready to laugh with this funny and down to earth interview with Mom of 6 Lyndsey Neumann!

Lyndsey is the wife to Josh, mother of five boys and one girl, and most of all a child of God! She is a volunteer for Safe Families and has opened up her home to foster children in need. Her love for Christ is evident in all she does and she is a mom we can all learn some tips from!

Disclaimer: This podcast was recorded in December of 2022

Topics:

How to navigate the absurdity on TV/Movies

Why middle school is tough

Homeschool

Public school opportunities

Devotionals Lyndsey recommends

Fear

Why Lyndsey serves at church in the nursery

Safe families- what it is and why Lyndsey helps out other moms who are facing trauma and planting seeds of faith in the children she is serving

Showing the love of Christ to others

Mark Gungor

Guilty pleasures

How to stand in the truth when the enemy is at you

Christmas and the challenges

Special resources mentioned:

Devotionals:

Jonathan's Journey

Experiencing God Devotional

Resources:

Vid Angel

Pureflix

To learn more about the Cheering Past Challenges community, please visit our website at www.cheeringpastchallenges.com

Are you having a hard time getting into the Christmas Spirit? Well, grab your hot chocolate, because you're not going to want to miss today's festive podcast!

Members of our family will be sharing some of our favorite Christmas memories. Some are happy, some are sad. Sometimes, just hearing a good Christmas story is enough to put you in a better mood.

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Happy Holidays from the Stewart Family!

Today's discussion leads to the question:

How can God still be good, even when bad things happen?

Author Jess Kayhart shares her personal story of loss and how she was able to turn towards God and not away from Him during the most painful point of her life.

Jess shares key moments of her traumatic childhood, including being involved in a tragic accident that took the life of Penny, her stepmom. Then in response to that lost, her father committed suicide 6 weeks later.

She believed the following lies: "If you can know everything and you can help during a crisis, that can be where your value comes from. If you know enough and are good enough, it will all be fine." This was a lie placed in Jess's heart that led her to a life of perfectionism.

The turnaround for her happened at a conference/church service where she devoted her life to Christ and received His deep healing. He healed all her wounds. From there Jess was able to fully heal and surrender to her situation. She then talks about her posture for the Lord. How she changed her posture and slowly turned towards Him.

Jess shares how she met the love of her life, how she was set up and mortified to be set up with Ken, her future husband. They met at a youth conference and had a whirlwind romance. They met and married within 6 months. However, trust was still difficult for Jess to acquire and she talks about how that is normal for people who go through trauma. She talks about the importance of honesty and open communication. She says, "Do not ask questions you don't want the answer to!" How good is that?!

Panic attacks became a regular thing in Jess' life. It taught her that she still had parts of her that were trying to get control. And there were still things Jess needed to deal with. The panic attacks went on for 6 months straight and they came out of nowhere! They were relentless. Her mind went racing and she felt a tremendous amount of heat in her body and she was unable to breathe. So all she could think to do was walk outside. Ultimately, she found a therapist to help her work through the anxiety. How you can be compassionate towards yourself. She recommends two books on anxiety:

The Body Keeps the Score

From Panic to Power

To get more insight check out Jess's website

Here's a link to Jess's book Father King

Do you ever feel like God is not near you when you're suffering? God's love is enough!

Host Rebecca Stewart discusses the topic of the goodness of God and how His love is enough during your trials.

We all have seasons when things aren't going our way. Some of these seasons can be particularly difficult, such as seasons of grief. Rebecca lost her mother two years ago, although it feels like it just happened.

When you get out your bible and can't hear His voice, why is that? It's because the enemy tries to get in the way. He tries to distract you.

Have you heard of the song "The Nearness of You" by Norah Jones? It's a beautiful song of intimacy. Likewise, we can read in scripture about the nearness of the Holy Lord. The purpose of scripture is to you gently remind us of how to live, how to receive His love, and what we can expect moving forward in life.

Are you fearing the Lord? Sometimes when we don't hear the voice of God it's because we aren't fearing the Lord. We are more distracted by life and the world. Do sometimes you feel like you're sin free? You know that is a lie! We all sin. BUT GOD. He will fulfill us and help us align with his vision for us when we fear him.

Dressing Your Truth is a program created by Carol Tuttle to help women know how to dress. It's something Rebecca used to follow because she wanted her outside appearance to match the inside. However, over time, it became clear that the program wasn't in alignment with the Lord. We need to repent when we look to outside inviduals and programs over the Lord and His word. We need to be careful of things that appear to be of the Lord and are NOT of the Lord.

We don't have to understand every biblical aspect of Jesus, but we do have to have a heart FOR JESUS. It doesn't need to be complicated! You don't have to read every book of the bible or be a biblical scholar to understand His awesome love and receive it.

"All the wicked, He will destroy"- God's promise to take out all of the evil in the world. This is important to know. God is still on the throne and one day Jesus will come back and make all things right. His second coming will be EPIC! In the meantime, are you ready?

Go check out www.cheeringpastchallenges.com for more content to help you on your journey!

Author Rebecca Stewart discusses the complexity of the world today, how to receive God's love and in turn pass that love forward to others.

This is a follow-up to the previous episode, for this episode I let God say what he wanted to say. I hope you will find comfort in the message of this episode. We all have tough times, and in these times we must turn to the Lord first.

A simple discussion about how Christians can pray for Israel. How we can continue to hear God's voice, and carry out our purpose while history unfolds before our eyes.

Join me on a three-minute prayer meditation where we heal a relationship causing strife. Have you heard of "let go and let God?" but didn't know how to apply it in your life? In today's short episode you will be guided on just that.

Click below to watch Pastor Shane's sermon:

https://www.firstfree.org/media?sapurl=LytqNnNiL2xiL21pLysycDdyaHM0P2JyYW5kaW5nPXRydWUmZW1iZWQ9dHJ1ZSZyZWNlbnRSb3V0ZT1hcHAud2ViLWFwcC5saWJyYXJ5Lmxpc3QmcmVjZW50Um91dGVTbHVnPSUyQmN0OWRiMnk=

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Today's guest on the CPC podcast is business and personal coach Melissa Schultz. Melissa is dedicated to empowering women to crush the lies they believe and find true success. She partners with God on a daily basis, and with HIM she helps many women gain clarity, courage, healing, and breakthrough from the fear, anxiety, overwhelm, and lies that we can all believe. She created an Imposter Syndrome Breakthrough program that helps women step into their purpose and become who they were meant to be. She also published the Kingdom Breakthrough Planner and Journal which helps you go deeper with God and build a more intimate relationship with Him.

Melissa's Website is www.melissaschultz.net

To learn more about the Imposter Syndrome Breakthrough program visit www.melissaschultz.net/imposter_lp

Discussion Today:

What is SAD?

Tips for managing SAD

1. Evaluate and Balance

2. Quiet Time

3. Positive Thinking

4. Exercise

5. Proper Hydration and Nutrition

6. Light Therapy

7. Find Your Tribe

Other helpful tools: DoTerra Oils, Mary's Nest on YouTube, "Friendships Don't Just Happen" by Shasta Nelson

Thank you for being part of the Cheering Past Challenges Community! If you are reading this, you are SPECIAL and BLESSED!

Rebecca Stewart shares the story of losing her mom and how even though she knew her mom was declining, the death was still a shock to her.

Have you recently lost someone close to you? This episode is for you.

There is no wrong or right way to grieve. But through faith and community we can support one another.

To learn more about Cheering Past Challenges check us out on instagram and facebook.

To read more about Rebecca and her mom you can purchase or download on kindle her book Unbinding Love.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08X3433PV

If you'd like to personally reach Rebecca by email, you can reach out to [email protected]